Hotels in the USA recorded a 5.3-percent increase in GOPPAR this month, which was in spite of an uplift in costs, which included a 9.5-percent increase in Labor, according to the latest worldwide poll of full-service hotels from HotStats. continue reading →

Hotel room rates in the top-25 most popular U.S. destinations average $173.35 this January, down from $176.93 in December, according to hotel online room rates derived from real time global multi-provider database of reservations maintained by e−forecasting.com. continue reading →

HIP's six-month growth rate, which has historically confirmed the turning points in US hotel business activity, posted a positive rate of 2.2% in November, following a positive rate of 2.1% in October. This compares to a long-term annual growth rate of 2%, the same as the 40-year average annual growth rate of the industry's gross domestic product. continue reading →

The U.S. hotel industry reported occupancy rose 1.3% to 56.6% during the week of 26 November to 2 December. ADR also increased 0.2% to $117.82 and RevPAR rose 1.5% to $66.71 during the week. continue reading →